CVE-2023-4842

MEDIUM

Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS via 'social_warfare' Shortcode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-4842. PoCs published by B4ntGrim.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a detailed penetration test report documenting the exploitation of CVE-2019-9978 and CVE-2023-4842 to achieve unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) and establish a persistent Meterpreter session. The report includes methodology, findings, and remediation recommendations.

Description

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by B4ntGrim · poc
https://github.com/B4ntGrim/Vuln_Exploitation_MegaQuagga_Pentest

This repository contains a detailed penetration test report documenting the exploitation of CVE-2019-9978 and CVE-2023-4842 to achieve unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) and establish a persistent Meterpreter session. The report includes methodology, findings, and remediation recommendations.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WordPress with social-warfare plugin v3.5.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target web application · WordPress with vulnerable social-warfare plugin
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 30, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 42.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
warfareplugins/Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare < 4.4.3
warfareplugins/social_warfare < 4.4.3
Published Nov 07, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026